It is hard to believe that young men once rode horses to carry mail from Missouri to California in the unprecedented time of only 10 days. This relay system along the Pony Express National Historic Trail in eight states was the most direct and practical means of east-west communications before the telegraph.
What you’ll hear
32 places to explore in this park.
- Antelope Spring Station
- B.F. Hastings Building
- Big Sandy Station
- Boyd Station
- Camp Floyd State Park
- Canyon Station
- Carson Station
- Cold Springs Pony Express Station
- Deep Creek Station
- Diamond Springs Station
- Dugway Station
- Egan Canyon Station
- Faust's Pony Express Station
- Fish Springs
- Gothenburg Pony Express Station
- Grubbs Well
- Guittard Pony Express Station
- Marysville Pony Express Barn
- Murray City Park & Traders Rest Station
- Pikes Peak Stables, Pony Express National Museum
- Point Lookout Station
- Pony Express Monument
- Pony Express Museum, Seneca Pony Express Station
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Pony Express Station Monument, Salt Lake City
- Roberts Creek Station
- Sand Springs Station
- Schell Creek Station
- Simpson Springs Pony Express Station
- South Platte Station, Big Springs, Nebraska
- Spring Valley Station
- Willow Springs Station
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